To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity
ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the
Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding
Device Act.

2.

Prohibition on
transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices

(a)

Definition

Section 921(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (29) the following:

(30)

The term large capacity ammunition
feeding device—

(A)

means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip,
or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or
converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition; but

(B)

does not include
an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only
with, .22 caliber rimfire
ammunition.

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(b)

Prohibitions

Section
922 of such title is amended by inserting after subsection (u) the
following:

(v)(1)(A)(i)

Except as provided in clause (ii), it shall
be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition
feeding device.

(ii)

Clause (i) shall not apply to the
possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully
possessed within the United States on or before the date of the enactment of
this subsection.

(B)

It shall be unlawful for any person to
import or bring into the United States a large capacity ammunition feeding
device.

(2)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply
to—

(A)

a
manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the United States or a
department or agency of the United States or a State or a department, agency,
or political subdivision of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law
enforcement officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement
(whether on or off duty);

(B)

a
transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for
purposes of establishing and maintaining an on-site physical protection system
and security organization required by Federal law, or possession by an employee
or contractor of such a licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for
purposes of licensee-authorized training or transportation of nuclear
materials;

(C)

the possession, by an individual who is
retired from service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise
prohibited from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity ammunition feeding
device transferred to the individual by the agency upon that retirement;
or

(D)

a
manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding
device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of
testing or experimentation authorized by the Attorney
General.

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(c)

Penalties

Section
924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

(8)

Whoever knowingly violates section 922(v)
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
both.

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(d)

Identification
markings

Section 923(i) of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following: A large
capacity ammunition feeding device manufactured after the date of the enactment
of this sentence shall be identified by a serial number that clearly shows that
the device was manufactured after such date of enactment, and such other
identification as the Attorney General may by regulation
prescribe..